THf LOST Of THE ORANGE BIVER. 1.â€" Continued. It would be trdiouH to relate all tb« lu hours of th« trying trek imioiig tliuae awful mountain passes; l>ul on tti« tlidr<l iliiy we bad uverconje tlie (blef difficulties, und had outsiianned for a final rest before couipletlng our work, If to complete were puB-nilde. Sibading my eyes from tiie fierce sun- light 1 lookwl upward at the loiiK slope of mountain, broken heie and there, and occasionally shaggy with bush. Over all the fieri* atmosixbere quiv- ered, seething luni dancing in the bun- blaze. J looked i^^uin with doubt and dismay at the gaspiBg oxen, many of just in time to see a firebrand hurled at some dark object that sihjU tjelween the fires. "What is it, Klaas?" I shouted. "Allejuugbte I it i/i a tiger, leo- pard, aiiiur," cried the Uu»iunan, "ujjd he has clawed one of the dogs." True enougb, ou inspecting the yelp- ing sufferer, Rooi-Kat, a brindled red dog. un<l one of the be-st of imy pack, I found the poor wretrh at iUt last gajiy. with its throat and neck al- most torn to ribbons. L'uraing the aui-aking cowardly leopard, I saw that the replenished lires blazed up, and Hgain turned in. It must bavi-, been a.bout two o'clock in the morning â€" the coldest, the most silejit and the dreariest of the dark hours, that fatal hour betwixt night them lying foundered and almoiit dead and day when uiauy a flickering life, from thirst and fatigue, and nay siiir- <"il<K«ed liy death, slips from its its. usually brisk and unflangiug. sank beloiw zero. Klaas bad told me pre- viously of a most wonderful pool of water that lay on the crown of S mountain, where we txhould uutspan fi- nally before entering upon the por- tals of th«) diamond valley. Now he came to me and said, p<jintint! upwards: "Sieur, de sweet witter lies yon>ler, op de berg. It is a beautiful pool, ^U'li as ye never saw the like of; if we reach it, we are saved, and the bxen will soon get around again. Ye must get them up somehow, even without the wagon." 1%* tiny, yellow. blear-eye<l Rush- man, standing over me as I sat ion a rock, pointing with his lean arm sky- wards, his anxious dirt-grimed face streaming with |)er»i)iralion, was hard- ly the figure of an angel of hoi>e;and yet at that moment he wa'- an angel to me ; for we ba<i tasted no water to spejtk of for close on three days, timi bad had beside:; a frightfully try- ing trek. We lay panting and grilling for an uioonngsâ€" when I was again startled froiin slumber by a mo«t blood-curdling yell. Hunters as you know, sleep light. ajMl seem instinctively to l)e aware of what passes around them even although apparently wrapi>ed in the profoundest sleep. I knew in i momejjt that that agonize<l cry came from a humac throat; and I rushed out. What a din «as there, from dogs men. ajid oxen, und aUive all those horrid hmnan wreiims. 1 bad my load- ed rifle and ruahijig up to a confused crowd, struggling near the firelight. 1 saw what ha<l happedjed. The young- est of my servants, a mere Bechuana wv. was bard and fast in Uie. gr.p of (in immense leopard, which was tear- ing with its rru^^l teeth at his throat. Kl.nas. bolder Uuin his fellows, was lunging an assegai into the brute's ribs, seemingly wiuhout the smallest effect; others were thrashing it with firebrands; and the dogs were vainly worrying at its bejul and flank.s. All this I saw instantaneously. Thrusting my followers aside, I san up to the leo- pard, and puttiuK my rifle to its ear, and fired. The express bullet did its work at once; the fierce and most, tenacious of the feline race could not refuse to yield its life with it.-* he.id I almost blown to atoms; and loosening! lis murderous hold, tiie brute fell dead. ! hour or more; a,n<l then 1 told my men i {'",* '^«i'''fJ '^"'â- ^* ,•'"*"" Ot^hu-xna boy I .. , , . . , , .»(>,,. I* "foil the san»i, wtiunded to the that water in any (luantity lay at the | ,i,.ath After tJi.vs<. horrors, sleep was! mountain top, and tiat we mast at biuiisluyl and as tiie gray light came! all hazards get the oxen up to it. ! "J'^ "•• prepired lor day. i Only a mile of as,-ent, or a little more. ' rji j-' f «nu'„"f '"'"'"â- , "' '.'l"^'.'' 'â- " i I . , , , , ,, ii.» f*^' splejidour and as the terrain lay b,, fore us; but k. feeble weie It"' | waa slowly unfolded before my gaze, ij oxein, tluit we had the greatest dif- : reali8e.<l the dewdale inujfnifi.en'e of; ficulty to drive th«: bulk of tbe.m f,o ' ]_^_^; ^^'^'^nlry^ Jfount.iins. mountains the to)), even wilijout the encumber- ing wiiRun. 'Ilhree utterly refu.-ed to move, and were left Ijehind. At last we reached the kra,ntz and alter a hundred yard.s' walk U|)on its flat top we came almost ^^uddenly upon a m<«t woinderful and to ua, moieeoul- tbrilling .sight, A deause bush of uiimosa-thoi n and other shruljs grew aroun«i, hert- and there relieved by wide patches <»l open apace. Ihe oxen getting the breeze, and sceidtmg water, suddenly )>egau to disjilay u moil extraordujary iresb- nees ; up went tjieir litaiis. their dull eyes brightened, and ihey trotted for- wards to where t.bv jangle ajiparent- ly grew thickest. I'or a time they found no opening ; but after follow- ing the clrelinK wall of butUi, at length a broa.i avenue was disuioeedâ€" an avenue Ooulitleas woiu »iuo<,lb by I be piu-sage oi t'leptbuuts, ihiuiH eioses, a.ud other mighty game, and then tbere fell ujion our sight the most refiesbing prubpect that man ever guxed uiHin. litiiiiy yards do»n the opejiiug lueru lay a great pool ol wa lex, aituui two hundred leet across at Its aarrowtsl pomt, ana appaieutly oi iinmeuse dept.h. the pool was cir- cular, its sides were of rock and iiuariz umi cojniiletely inaccessible liuiu ev- ery ajiprouch ^ve that by which >\e hiiu reai-jied it. It was indeed coiu- plelelj eucoiiip.isotd by piecipilous wull», alx>UI, lliirty leet ui height, which dctieu the aclveui of any oiber living iniug ijiau u iizara or a rock- rubbit. IJow the poor beasts dra,nk of Uiat Tool iHdIucid flood, and how we |liuuian beings ilrauk t>M> 1 I Ihuughi we should fjevei have finislieil. i'be o.\en drank and dinnk till IJic water lit- erally ran oui ol tbeir iiiouilm as tbey at last turned a»ay, lihen 1 cast off my clothen and plunged into the water It was ic.> cold and /newt iMVigoraliiig. and I s\tuiii and spla-iti- mI to my Heart's c-«jili'iit. After ,niy swim and a rcsl i directed my men to fill the four bucket;* we had brought; ajjd then, leaving the horses ui charge of one of tliiii iiuiiii»M, we drove the cattle, loth tliougb thev wej-e t.o leave the water, liaik tn the wagtun. going very tare(ull), An as not to spill the water. At length iwe rivuched lie valley only tu find two of our foundered bullcKk.s lying nearly dead. The distai.t lowinj; <'f their re- lres,hed comrades bad I ihmk. wain- fxl them (if good niws, and the very' siiii'll of the water revived them; and after twi> buikebs apiece ol the cold I , l)ri,liu<>it hi,,) l...,.,i >r,,l I .1 ^. 11.' I mountains of grim tublimiiv rolleii ev erywhere around ! Kar away lielow. as I l(K.ke<l westward, a thin .-dlverv lin". oii/y visible for a little s],are, toll of l^e great river flowing into thv.sca, inexorably shut in by precipitous niounlain walls that guaranteed for ever i(« awful s«ditude. Kiaas sloo<l near, and as 1 ga/ed lie wbisprred. for my meji were md far Jway. "Sipur, yi nder straight in front "I you, five mile.s away, lie Uhe dia- monds If He .Mtarl .biwtly after 'reakfast. we shall J,avc f<mr hours' â- mr<l climbing an.l walking to rea.h iJie Valley," 'All right Klaaji," said 1 "Hreak- bi.st IS nearly ready, and we'll start «« sooti as we have fed." Hreakfiist was mm,,, „ver. and then 1 spoke (o my men. I told them ttiat intended to stay at this ikoI for u lew days and thai in the meantime I »a.s K,„ug prospi-ctiug in the luoun- • "T '"•'"dering the river. I deispatch- mount.^iin liu.k in tbr direction we had ome from, the olJ,rr« ucre to see '."' 'â- *"â- '»;en fe<l nmn.l alK.ut tbie t,i '.'^â- f "Uere pasture was good and Plentiful, and gen.rallv to look after ir. it'?''- '"^ •^'""•^ and mv«lf. we â- ,i,',7 .1 *'^J'""'y "II dusk, perhaps even lighl.b utwe didnol wi.sh t< lol- owed or disturbed; and unless tho.s». at tne camp beard my signal of ITour K.nsecutive rifle „l„.t«, ihev were on no account to attempt to" follow up our spoor. My meoi by this time knew me and my ways well, ami 1 was ,on- vin.;e<l we should not be followed by prying eyes; ,in,l imU-ed, the lazv Afri- C.W1S » ere only to<i glad of aii . asv fluy in camp after their hard journey. II. Taking si>me dried flesh, biscuits, and a botlle of water each and each shouldering a riXle. Klaas ami I start- ed away al seven o'clcK-k. I'he little U-g- gar. wIm. 1 supiKJw-, ui his Dusbman youth had wandered baUKm-like «iver all >lun Willi country till he knew il by bwirt, showed no sign of hesitation, but walked rapidly d..wn hill lo a de<«|. goige al the toot. Iliii M half a mile Ol «' iJllo a huge ii,a.s.s' ,.f mountain Itial loriiied Uie norlli wall of the Orange Hiver This kUsJ^must ai some time or another have scirved as a con- duit lor imghly fU^xls of water, for lis iK.lloiii WHS everywhere strewn with Uiulders of liiani<-- size anil shaix- torn from tlw cliff-walls alxive li took us a long hour of the iikwi laUiriou.s ef- fort to surmount these inipe^liinonts • an<l then, wiih torn bands and ludiing legs we weni »lra,ight up a inounlain whose r.Krf-like sule.s consisted of mas-ses «iif Umse atiale and shingle, ovor which we slipiKMl and flouiidere<l slow- ly and with difficulty, I Bay wv but lam iH.uiid U. iKlmii that the llushiiiau made much lighter of his l.usk tlum 1 his apt -like form, weming, indeed.inuch more titled for such a «lipi>ery brtMik- uei k pastime, <ind huge brules, and savage, and quah- quahed at us threateningly, till Klaas sent a bullet among them, when they relrejited i>el!-mell. We soon starte<l again, and pressed rapidly along a nar- row gorge some fifty feet witte. with perfectly level precipitous walla, ap- parently worn anwioth at their bases i>y the aotiou of terrific torrents, prob- ably an early develofmieni oif the Orange Itiver when firsu it made its way through these grim defiles. Pre- sently the causeway narrowe.l still more ; and then turning a sharp cor- ner, we suddemly caone Ui.on a pair of leopards sauntering coolly towards us, 1 didn't like the look of things al all, for a leopard at the best of times is an ugly cusloxuer, even where he knows and dreads firearms. I'he brutes show- ed no intention of bolting, but stood with their hackles up, their tails wav- ing ominously, and their gleaming teeth bared In fierce defiance. There was nothing for itâ€" either we or they must retreat; and having ccuue all this frightful trek for the diamonds, 1 felt in no mood to txtck down even tu Felis pardus in his very nastiest mood. Look- ing to our rifles, we moved very quiet- ly forward until within thirty-five yards oi the grim oats. They were male and female, and two as magnificent s;)ecimens of their kind as sun ever shone ujiou. The male had now crouch- ed flat for hie charge, and not an in- st.ant was to l>e lost. The female stood apjiarently irresolute. Notit-ing this, au<l not having time to speak, we both let drive al tlie charging male. Hoth shots struck, but neither stopped him. The lady, hearing the report, and ap- parently not liking the look of affairs, incontinently fled. With a horrid thro.-i- ty grunt, the male leoj)ard flew across the sand, coining straight at me, and then launched hlnis«'lf into the air. 1 fired loo hurriedly my second barrel, and, for a wonder clean missed, for in ilMjise itays f seldom failed in slopping <langerous game; but these beggars are like lightning once they are charging. In a moment, as the yellow form was flying through space straight at my he.-id. 1 Bjirang to one side, and Klaas firing again, sent the leopard strug- gling to earth, txittling frantically for life amid sand and shingle with a brok- en buck. Lucky was tlie shot, and bravely fired, or I 1ia<1 probably been as gocid as dead. Klaas soon whippe<l the skin off the dciul leooard ami hid it under some stoms : and we then pro- ceeded, the whole affair having occupi- ed but twenty iiiinute.s. Another mile t»f this canal-like kl<sif brought us i<> n bn,ad of,enifig where the wall oi mountain on our left stood Ufi straight l>efore the hot t-unligbt, a dark reddish-brown iiiiuss of riK-k, 1 sflji- [ose some five liiundred feet in height, and then skpe'l away more .sm<o!h!y lo itssunmiit. thit ovrrl'Kiked the river, ais I f<l.oii!<l juilgv, nlM>ui a mile distant, A.swe mine out inloth" su'ishine, Klaas pointing to the cliff. e>iculate<l in quite an excited way : '"'riK' I'earl ! t he I'earl! Look fcir, l<,ok." Looking upwards at the imiss ot rook, mj eye was suddenly airesled by a g'ieaming nia.ss that pro- trudecl frii-n the dead wail of nivun- tain. Il.iif nazzled. 1 stiaded my eyes with my liand and looked again. Ii was a most strange ami of naiuru the most curious that 1 bad ever wi e>e.s on. the tiiiiiering niass was a huge epg-sbaiieji Ixiil t>f quartz of a seiiii-transpareni milky hue. flash- ing and gleaming in the radiant sun- shine yyiili I be glorious prismatic col- ours lh.ii fia.sb from the unlucky opal. Hut yei nioie strange, atiove "de I'aarl," as Klaas quaintly called it. and over- hanging it. yyati a kind of cano^iy of stalactite of the same brilliant opale- scent colours, li was woudertul Klaas here began to caper and dance in the most fanla.stic fashion, and then sud- denly ce<'ising, he said: "Now. sieur, 1 will M>on sbtiw y<iu the diariiond.sâ€" they are tliere," pointing to a dark «ir- ner of tJie glen, "right through the roc-k." "What made you call that shining stone up tliere de Paarl f" said 1. as 1 ga/.eil in admiralio'i al the beautiful Uilf of crysial. "Well, sietiin I *ii» once with a wine Ikier at ihe Paarl <low n in the old tVdouy. anil a tiiun told me why lliey chilled tli»< mountain there "de Paarl;" and be told me. ti«,. what the pretty geans yvere that 1 saw m the young vrouyv s lies! rijig yvlwn she \yore it; and I then knew what a pearl was. and livH it 1-a.me from a fish tliat grows in the sea. And 1 retiiemU'red then the great shining stone that I found up here y\ hem 1 was a toy on the UriHil lljvier. .und I i.lHUight io uiy.self: ' \l\. KUias. that was tlie fmesl |>earl ye ever sjiw, that up in the cliff near' where the pretty yvhile stones lay." I iman the <liamonds yonder, sieur." At last, tiieii. we were yvithin grisp of Ihe fajiious stones conivrning yvl.n.se rea.lii^ I luid even lo the last had sei'ret misgivings. It yv.as a startling thought. Just lieyond I here, somewhere through the rock-walla, yvhoM' .secret approach â- at presiMil Klaas oiilv knew, lay "Sind- luid's \'alley." Could' it, tie truef I'ould I actually Ih> within tomb of riches un- siK'iikable, riches in comparison with which the yyealth of Croesus seeaned but a beggar's hoard? (To Be Continued.) At lenglii we nwched the cre-st draught had luen gulped down their i V' '.*''" ''"•^'""« through a fringe of kiln-drie.l I hrwts. Ihev got up and y,"?',"""' "â- '"''''»â- «â- «'ii«iiililed down the shmik themselves and rejoined their V'"'"''' deM-enl, a de.s,enl of no little fellows, •' danger. The slipping shah* I hal gave We rested for a «horl lime, and then riee.rtrhi^l Tl-.^u" ""â- -"-"«"• ,«n<l dragged lluii hiav.v Inn den io the margin of the bu«h-girt water. We mnv oulsfianned for Ihe night, made strong fire.s for the spoor of leopards wns abundant, strewed some busTards ate a giol .su.iipr. an I lurned ia I suppiise ws bad nol luen asleep lyyo hours whi-n I was aviakcned by the ,, ere, overpow oring .Moreover, lo make things mor'> lively, I nolii-ed that snakra were more liian ordinarily jilentiful. the bloated puff-iMlder, and yellow ivbta, and the dangerous Utile nighl-ndder, several times only Ju.il getting out of ouv path. The awful silencxy of this setiulclirnl niace was piee»yntly, as we rested for »burp barks awl yelping of my dogs 'ten minutes, broken by a oomiwny of Ih*-, kicks an<l fccraiiilli'H of fhc o>:t i> I liiilioona, which, having enpicMl us from and the, silunils of the men Snatching their kraiitzes alH>ve, came shopgling Qji my rifle .loid rm»hii«iig i»iit, I yvos down to see yvtkat we yyere. They were ANT PIE. rurlAMN Insert In Mrvtru Krunr<lr<l n* ii •â-ºelieaey. Jsnvages. we kn«iw, indulge in such luxuries as) grulw and Uiusis. but (or a civilizedi yvblto inun to finish U|i bis dinner with! a dhUi olf rayv ants seiins loo n;isty to lie credilde. Yet in Mex- ico it is tine custcaniiâ€" juid a custom ad- m>ted by pliuity uf coiooisls and visit- tirs. I'hie ant tsitein «s calle<l the honey- ant, and iis ite^bnps as curious un insect as lives. Witih a tiny head and legs, It hi,i.s a huge lioily as big as a large pea, and Iks is yellow and swollen witi» lexcelleat luBiey. Im eacllil ne.st Uicje are 300 or 100 of tHiese houey-ants, w hii'h are attended l>y tibiuusands uf olliers. The bouK'V- ftnls bning on lo the Toof of the cells lu blie nest yyhiile the others feed Ihemi. They arc, iini fact, livimg stoireboiu.ses of wiinier food. An oliserver says tihiit it oine o>f tihe houey-unts falls from his perch a yvorker will I go uinid pick him U)> and re|)lace ililtii. 'Ilhis is as if a mnn wcire to yvnik up tilie face of a oliff carryi'iig a large buffalo ixi cart (huTde on his txick. , I ehatliiiTii Ulka of bundling a 'ui'.iiLoir. Uria SUMMKR BUTTERMAKING. The making of butter that in a temperature of ninety degrees will still have the ability to hold up its head, and at the same time have a good flavor, Is not so very difficult if a little care is exercised beforehand. The way to make a horse win a race is lo traiu him before the race, and the way lo uuike gocMl butter, says National Stock- man, is to train the cream L^efore it goes into the churn, ihe cream should not be allowed to get too sour, 'Too sour cream is fatal to good but- ter. So matter bow careful the churn- ing may be, if the cream has passed the line of too much sourness good but- ter cannot be the result. Just here ia where a separator geis in its innings. Tiu> cream is sejiarated from the milk tweniy-four hours ahead of creamery I milk, and that much start is had in the keeping of the uream, and in warm, sultry weather a day means a good deal. Another point is lo keep the cream well stirred. 1 have never seen this point emphasized as much as it seemeu to me U> re<i.uire, for my ex- perience has been that one of the most Important points in good butter mak- ing is to got a liberal supply <>' ''f**'' air mixed yyith the cream twice a day. Have an extra vessel and pour the cream from one to another two or three times twice a day. This airs the creoiu better than stirring it yvith a ladle. 'Tyvo ends are gained by this stirring: First the cream is kepi well nilxed and consequently ripens togeth- er, and also ihe admitting of the air to the cream has some effect that I do not Understand, but 1 do knoyv that it IS a great benefit to the resulting buuer. i read someyybere that a cer- tain kind of bacteria got into cream thai produced an off flavor In the but- ter, and that oxygen yvould kill these same bacteria. Oie that as it may 1 have found that air is a good thing for cream that is to be churned into but- ter. And the last thing is tempera- ture. Possibly this should be put first on account of its importance, but any- way the cream should lie put into the churcn at the lowest [lossible temper- ature at yyhich the butter yvlll come. And in getting this temperature the temperature of the r«im in which the churn has stood sh<'Uid U< taken iulu <ionside.ration. A churn that has been church at the lowest possible lempera- of eighty degr<-es yyili raise the tem- perature of tliv cream higher than HouM iw Ihoughi unless the matter had I.een actually tested with a ther- mometer, if ice IS to be liail allow the cburu to stand for half an h«.ur filled yy.lh ice water, ibis will cool the wood sufficiently to prevent the outside teiii- l>eralure froim having very much ef- <ei-l.. .\k to just how loyv the crc:i;in iiuiy b.i put into the churn esich must find out for himself, i have pui in cream al fifty degrees, and had no trouble in churning, but the outside teinperalure, nad wumied the butler Ul> to sixty by the time il had come. Keep Ihe cream from gelling too sour. keep It yycll siirretl. and cliurn it iis cold as it will come, ami good butter must almost surely !« the result. Try it next lime, and .see hoyv nice it is to liave butler that will stand up of its oyvn aci-ord on a warm day in mid»uiii- mer. SHALL FAiaiKUis BIMLD HAY 8H tajs / Frequently quisi ions are asked in re- lation t<. building hay sheds, writes a correspondent. Men recognize the fact thiit hay should l>e protected frojii Ihe yyeiitber from the time it is cut in sum- mer, till the time, some months or iier- hajis a year after, yvhen it is to lie fed out. Karns are exi>eusive and many are studying how to preserve the hay in a more economical manner than having a Ixirn for it. In the early days here in the West yve cut the prairie or marsh grass for hay on the vacant or uiu»- cupied land, and all the hay ccksI us was the cutting and stacking. Such bay yvhen well stacked yvould shed rain good and there yyas but little loss, yvhich yvas easily provuded for by culling a lit- teh more than yve needed to feed. In those days nobody thouitht it ei-onoiiiy to build liarns or sheds lo hold bay All tint yvas nee<led was a stable or shelter for the stock, and eveji that yvas more than m^ny of us had. liui times changed; hay liecarae more val- uable; clover and 'Tiiiiolhy hay yvould not shed rain when .slacked like the native h.iy. A goo<l farmer felt 'that he could not afford to suffer the loss occiisioned by not having his hay under some kind of a shelter. At one tiiii.' many farmers built " hjiy barracks." which lonsisted of a square root yvith a heavy post at' each <vf the four cor- ners. It was so cx>nstrucled that lh,> roof isuld W raised or loyvered so a.s to sei clos«i doyvn over the hay which was slacked under it. A feyv years ago. there yyasiiuite a rage for building hay shed.s. Tlics,- consisted of a siroiiK. yvell-made roof 8Up|H>rter by (losts and a fraiiieyvork, and were fitted out yvith a hay fork and carrier. 1 doubt the economy of building liay shed.s or hay Iviirracks anyyyay. We must luive a aUible and can build ;i stable and storage room for hay un- der one rcxil cheaper than under Iwn roofs, light Uirns keep h.iy Uiler than open sheds. All hay should Ije fed in stables, and if it is stored in ashed instead of in the barn over the stable il must t>6 luiuletl to the slalde. Often in yvintor Ihe yvind drayvs through un- der the roof of the shed, covering the hiiy yvith snow. When the she<l is enqi- tya hard yvind U liatde to lift the r<>of c>ft and emtirely ruin it, an many a farmer hah learned to his sorroyv 1 thought this yvhole thi!ng over yeaivs ago, and after oKserving th« exfieri- cnce of otliers 1 came lo the iHinclusion llvu il yvas t)etl<i- and eheaiier in the end, yvhen lail>or and everything else was considered to build a earn big en- ough to hold the stock and also the hay. If one has more bay than he las barn room f<ir I will give a plan uf tak- ing care of it w hi<-h has beetn success- fully tried and is very much cheafer and better than buildinij â- ! hay shed. Stack the, bay in a long suick or rick in secli<ms. Have it well u>p]ieii cut. 'Then make a roof by laying on .scund foot -wide boards, clapboard fash on. These boards are held in place hy iiav- ing a good strong wire hung over the stack near ihe ends of the b< ards. In the wires arc loops one foot wide which Of course the wires are put ovex the staok before the Inmrds are put on. Il will be fi.und lietter to put the bouds on by cyjmmencijii,' at the eaves, alternating from one side of the stack to the other. When the hay is to be hauled ayvay the slack ran be uncovered one .section at a time, leaving all the re.st (<jver- ed. The bonrds and wires can lie pre- served lo be used another yejir for the same purpose, perhaps in another field or on a different part of the farm, TO MANAGE LITTLE CHICKENS. Little chii-kena should not be remov- ed from I he nest and from the brood- ing influence of the mother hen for from twenty-four to thirty-six houis after hatching siiys a yvriter. About all that little chickens need the first for- ty-eight hours of their life is brood- ing, and if you have not Ijeen in tb« habit of thus managing, just try it for an experiment. There Is a very great difference in the hatching qualities of bens and it matters not how perfect an arrangement we have in this respect, we take great champs on Biddy fier- forming her part of the work. Hena usually take proper care of their eggs during incubation if they are rightly provided for. but when it comes to hatching out the chicks and caring for them properly a large per cent, of them make a failure, and to see healthy and fully matured little cbickB murdered in the nest by numbers is more than a fellow can st.ind without putting hi« wits lo the severest tests. There are always a number of moth- er bens in all fbx-ks that attend to business properly, and bring out ev- ery chick that the eggs are capable of producing, and save them without the loss scarcely of a single chick. We con take advantage of this, and 1 have P'racticed it to quite an extent. In the Usual lot of setting hens we have one or more of itiws.- good mothers, and when a nest of eggs Is just l^eginning to hatch I change plac-es. or ' syvap.' nests, and pla<-e th" good mother that understands Iver business on the eggs just hatching. I allow her to batch ami broo<l the chickens for ff>rty-eight hours, after yvhich I remove them to their former mother, or give them to any other iliat 1 see proper. 1 have kept sui-h hen.s repeatedly ha telling out chicks thus, until I have worn their patience eniirely out; and eouae hens will endure il hiuch longer than oth- ers but the mjuet of them will contlnu* to hatch out broo<l after brood, and will do you in this way. invaluable ser- vice. Heavy hens, such as t\)chin8 and llianmus, are good setters, and the l>e«t at incubation, but yvhen it comeii to hiitcbing them out the light hen i» always best and it Is lhe.se 1 employ for the business. In arranging the setting hens I do not find it ne«'ess,iry to have e.uli hen seixirately partition- ed or yarded off to herself, but 1 use small houses or roomsâ€" »;iy ten or tyvelve feel squareâ€" with a yard toeaob one. and I ke»'p from six to ten or tyvelve hens, as ihe i-ase may be, in each aparlmeni, with feed, yyaler amd all conveniences necessary for tbcun. TELEGRAPHY WITHOUT WIRES. Ilallan Buy s<-ui a Htnoittr From I.UD<loii lu riirU iiii 'I'lilii .ilr. tlugliehno Maix'oui. an Italian lad of -3 yeiirs of :ige. appears to huve solved tlie pry>IJem of wireless telegraphy. H.s discoveries are declared to be quit* as itnjK>rtant as any disixveries of this age. What he d^ies is to trainamit lele- griif>hu5 messages from seuder to re- i-ei,ver. many mile« apart, wilboujt the us ecrf a inelai circuit. The words are literally fla.shied Ihroiiigh the air. Marcooiii is noyv in London, where he IS soon to make, his greatest experi- ment. As soon as proper instruuients can I* preiiajed he will endeavor to send .a message from ;>t. Pauil's Cathe- dral in Loudtm la thie Eiffel tcAver in Paris. Vertical wires will 1» ruin from St. PaiU's in London, and thie Eiiftel lower, in Paris. luany hfumdred feet in the air. Vlui electric w.ives ladiatinwy from the tiny mol.il spire on .si. Piui 's yyill fi- ually rearh the wire on the toyver in the French capital, aud i«cx>rd, letter tiy letter, ihje mess.iiji, stuu i..i.!e n,..u lOll miles away. 1 hrow a p«t>ble into a pond. A series of tiny yvaves yviU move onward and iMiw.ird until thiey cease. So Marconi's iiiMrumieni throws out aseries of elec- tric yvaves thioii^h the air until they reiich thk' leceivlmg insLrimuent. Kuch wave isiuadcto vajy, and uieana a let- ter. 'ITvi yvuve is ihe same yvheiu it reaches its destimution lis yvhen it started. And so. letter by letter, tbie mes.si»ge is recorded. When iH-rfecteJ messages caa lesent over iH>Uir seas, uninhaTiitable desert* -in fact, to the endis of civilizatiouâ€" yvithoul the u.se of wire. Despatches can Ny flashi'd frowi i^ntineul lo con- tinent yvithtrtit the use of a cable. A man in a tiallooii oral the north jiole can talk yvith his. friend.s, and millions of dollars tint woiild otherwibe lie spent in yvires. cables, and telegraph equipiuent yvill 1« saved. 1>U,EADFI',L FATK. 'IVaoherâ€" Meue, meue, tekel, uphai» sin. That is correct. And yvhen Delsbazzer saw the yvrlting on the yvall, what do you suppose yvere Ihe feelintia of this yvioked King? Prize Scholar â€" It it. recorded that he. was teckeled to death. K^^Jjm^ ^ B] TH U ni pr re Al A th w at UI m b. K U i I I â- :?iB.